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Make My Move by J. Bree
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Mounty trash has wormed her way into our circle.We have no choice but to wait until she shows her hand, each move on the board more risky than the last. There’s no way she’s not a spy, not with her allegiance with the sociopath drug addict who walks the halls with murder on his mind.We’re watching her every move, every choice she makes reshaping the world we live in... -
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Queen of Quarantine by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsOnce upon a time I met four monsters and thought the world would come to an end at their hands.But I was a fool.Because I didn’t understand the bigger picture.That the enemies I thought I knew would become the reason for my entire existence. My strength. My pain. My life. My love.The big bad wolf has teeth and claws as sharp as iron, and the danger before my eyes is blinding... -
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Toxic Creek by K.C. Kean
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“It’s so nice when toxic people stop talking to you. It’s like the trash took itself out.”I had everything I ever wanted, until my life was flipped upside down. Now, I’m suddenly being forced to live in my parent’s hometown, with complete strangers. Like my heart isn’t broken enough. Could I fall any further?Yes. Yes, I could.Why might that be?The Allstars... -
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Broken Trust by R.A. Smyth
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMy name is Hadley Parker, and today is the first day of the rest of my life. Today I start school at Pacific Prep. This is my new lease on life, and I won’t be wasting it. I need this, now, more than ever. I need the education, the promise of a future that I wouldn’t get anywhere else. These rich kids don’t like me though. When Hawk Davenport decides he doesn’t want me here, his friends back him... -
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![Dead Drop by Tate James]()
Dead Drop by Tate James
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsdead dropnouna method of espionage tradecraft used to pass items or information between two individuals using a secret location. All I’ve ever known is the Guild. They clothed me, fed me, raised me. They trained me. And in return I became their perfect weapon, their loyal soldier, their deadly asset. For as long as I can remember, the Guild has been my life. But now, it’s about to become my death... -
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Empress in Lingerie by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI'm Vanessa Barsetti, the daughter of the infamous Crow Barsetti. My father taught me how to fight. If a man lays a hand on me, I'll put him in his grave. As a Barsetti, I'm proud, stubborn, and don't take nonsense from anybody. I walk home from a bar and take the wrong path. And witness a brutal crime. The murderer won't let me go. He's handsome, lethal, and terrifying... -
![Kings of Lockdown by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti]()
Kings of Lockdown by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe sex tapeThe fish stewThe UnspeakablesThe stormThe fontThe bathtubThe iceThe gunThe clothes The humiliationThe showerThe letters THE VOWI had my chance to run from these brutal boys and I didn’t take it. The bonds between us are too strong now. Bonds of blood, oaths, betrayal and vengeance. And I intend to make good on all of them. I’ve made my list... -
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Kings of Anarchy by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsContinue the series with book 3 of the Brutal Boys of Everlake Prep!My father always taught me to take care of myself.He made me strong, cunning and calculating.But my Brutal Boys made me unbreakable.Have you ever heard the saying that it takes one to know one? Because from the very first moment I met the men I've claimed as my tribe, I knew that I was looking into the faces of monsters... -
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Our Bloodline by K.C. Kean
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMrs. Luna ‘Moon’ Steele.The thought alone gives me goosebumps, but there is still no happily ever after for us yet. Everything seems to stand in the way of my Aceholes and I, but we stand together. Through thick and thin, till death do us part.My egg donor is dead, and The Games have finally arrived. Stepping into Beechwood Hall, the challenges surprise even me... -
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Knockout Queen: A Dark High School Romance by E.M. Moore
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI came to the Heights with a purpose.Join the Heights Crew. Move up the ranks. Make it implode from the inside out.But more than anything, make them suffer as much as I’ve suffered over the years because of them.I planned everything…or so I’d thought. I had a contingency plan for my contingency plan, but that was before I met them...Categorized as:
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The Butcher of the Bay: Part I by J. Bree
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMy life was simple: I kill for money and I’m the best in the Bay at my job.That was enough for me until I met the woman of my dreams, only to deliver her to hell itself for a pretty penny.Nothing will stop me from getting her back and when I do… there isn’t a man in the Bay that’s safe from my vengeance.They’ll pay in blood for their crimes...Categorized as:
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Fantasy in Lingerie by Penelope Sky
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBones is the son of the man who killed my aunt. He's the descendant of a psychopath, a murderer. His handsome face, blue eyes, and strong physique can fool anyone into believing he's a good man. Including me. My loyalty to my family makes me despise him. But I also can't stop thinking about him. Thinking about his kiss... -
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Dark Knight by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsUSA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you a new dark mafia, high school bully romance story set in the Knight's Ridge Empire world.She's the mafia princess he was meant to stay away from. And he did.Until that one night when he was able to hide his identity and his darkness under a different kind of mask. But one taste wasn't enough... -
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Anarchy at Prescott High by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThere’s one mistake you don’t make at Prescott High, not unless you want me to ruin you.Do not touch my beautifully broken Havoc Boys.Harbin, Fadler, Channing-Blackbird, Montauk, and Park.Death stalks the halls of Prescott High.Once upon a time, my best friend betrayed me. For over a year, I let that two-faced bitch go.But not anymore.This time, she’s stirred up the devil in me... -
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Twisted Creek by K.C. Kean
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI have nothing left to give this twisted town, not a single ounce. I’ve let them beat me down, almost break me, but it’s time I fixed my ‘Grady’ jersey, and show them I will do anything to protect what is mine.Trying to survive Knight’s Creek without Xavier, Hunter, and Tobias is harder than I care to admit. I have to give it my all and try again; I have to run... -
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Wicked Things by Callie Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"This is the reason I called her my angry girl in the first place. I was teasing her back then, but the truth of the matter is that she impressed me. She blew me away with her strength of character and her fire. She’s not just angry. She’s fierce. She’s determined. She’s strong. She’s brave as f#*$... -
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Beautiful Deceit by R.E. Bond
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI’m damaged.I’ve been through too much in my eighteen years.Between joining the Bloody Psychos and mourning my best friend,I’m going a little crazy.If the enemy is no longer the enemy, you can jump in bed with them, right?You’d think I’d be happy with five guys in my life, but I can’t control myself.What can I say? Bad boys are my weakness... -
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Deviant Knight by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsUSA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you more in her dark mafia, high school bully romance series.Whoever said to keep your friends close and your enemies closer… was right. Being around her is the worst kind of torture. Emmie is an obligation I can’t avoid… an oath I can’t break. And having her in my life is the last thing I want or need... -
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Iris. by London Miller
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne chance was all she needed … Iris Adler made a promise to herself and her father that she would ensure the man responsible for ruining their lives paid for what he had done, but she hadn’t anticipated Syn, or how quickly she would fall for the beautiful but damaged mercenary... -
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Deviant by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDeath is cruel. It’s unforgiving and brutal. It robbed me of the life I wanted to live and stole what little hope I had for the future. I was supposed to be something great. I was supposed to have it all … But a single bullet changed everything... -
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Rhapsody of Pain by Nicole Fox
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI know Demyen Zakrevsky is wrong for me.But I can't help hoping... What if he's not?After all, he's saved me time and time again.He's made me a mother twice over.He's healed my broken heart.But he's also the one who sold me in the first place.The one who got my baby stolen away from me.The one who broke my heart over and over and over.I can't decide if he's a saint or a sinner... -
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Corrupt Union by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI found everything I didn’t know I needed. Accepted forgiveness I didn’t deserve.She fought for us. Killed for us. She was one of us. And there was no way I was letting her go… again. But I’m not the only one with wicked intentions for my siren. With her missing, we turn our blame to an obvious enemy. But our path of destruction could be leading us right into another trap... -
![Reckless Thief by Heather Long]()
Reckless Thief by Heather Long
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe mentor.The doctor.The Vandal.I grew up on the streets despite my older sister’s best efforts to keep my nose clean. I thought I knew better. I worked hard. and made money. Who cared if what I did was a little illegal?Then a little boy paid the price for my carelessness. A little boy and his baby sister. It was the wakeup call I needed, even if the cost came too high... -
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Paradise Lagoon by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsI made my choice. I took the hard way out. Now all of our fates are riding on the dice I’m about to throw and luck never was on our side.I was whole once, with my boys in this slice of paradise we’d carved out for ourselves, but in the time that we were parted we grew up. Grew apart... -
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Warped Minds by Elena Lawson
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsOne, two, the Crows are coming for youThree, four, time to settle the scoreFive, six, Rook will get his fixSeven, eight, accept your fateNine, ten, this is your end.Warped Minds is the fourth and final book in the Boys of Briar Hall series and should be read after Twisted Games...Categorized as:
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Save Me by Ashley N. Rostek
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSave me from my past.Save me from my fear.Save me from my pain.Save me from myself.The Stone brothers are the reason I can smile again. They are my only light in the drowning darkness. What started as friendship between them and me has become something more. They want me and I want them, too. But that won’t happen with my grief tearing me apart... -
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Victory at Prescott High by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThere's one heart you can’t break at Prescott High, not unless you’re one of them.The Havoc Boys.They’re my family, my redemption, and my future.Victory at Prescott High has always meant escape.Once upon a time, that meant graduation and a one-way ticket out of town.But everything is different now.This year, my life changed in irrevocable ways... -
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Enemy by A.J. Macey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDamsel in distress? More like damsel causing distress.Hey b*tches, me again- Kiera, a.k.a The Cat. You remember my b*stard father and his merry mob of minions?No? Well, let me give you a little recap.I was going about, preparing to move against my most hated enemy and his cohorts when my cover was blown. But I guess that’s what I get for not minding my own damned business... -
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Reckless Princess by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings...Categorized as:
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Dead Man's Hand: A Bad Boy Mafia Romance by Renee Rose
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“I OWN YOU NOW” She made a big mistake. You don’t blackmail a Tacone. Coming to me with a threat? Unacceptable. If she needs money, she’ll have to ask nicely. But once I give it to her, we both know what it means: She belongs to me. I do my best to hold back. Give her respect. Trouble is, I can’t keep my hands off her... -
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Heathens by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwinkle, twinkle little starHeathens coming, brand new scar.Slaughter turns to pained goodbye.Never knowing if I’ll die.A DeAngelis family war is brewing and these heathens are the vicious ringleaders, pulling the strings of their pawns for the greatest show of all—a show that will guarantee sweet, sweet victory.Only victory comes with a price...Categorized as:
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Filthy King by Serena Akeroyd
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI'm nothing like my father.My brothers don't realize I'm a thousand times worse.Grief fuels my every action.Vengeance burns through my veins, dictating every decision I make.I'll shatter allegiances to please him.I'm nothing like my father.You don't realize that I'm a thousand times worse... -
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Wicked Knight #1 (Knight's Ridge Empire) by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsUSA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you a new dark mafia, high school bully romance series.The truth is meant to set you free… but not my truth.Mine has sent me deeper and darker, feeding my need for revenge. I want blood for those who wronged me and my family. And my so-called truth is ripping me apart, in a way lies never could... -
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Real Girl by Sheridan Anne
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLucien Valentine must die.It’s the thought that’s kept me going for four long years. I’ve imagined it, dreamed about it, relished in it. I want it so bad, but the question is, do I have what it takes to make it happen?Taking a life isn’t for the faint-hearted. Just ask Lucien, he knows.He’s taken me back to where it all started and I know exactly how it’s going to go...Categorized as:
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Syn. by London Miller
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsONE NIGHT WAS ALL HE WANTED ... Synek ‘Syn’ Jøsson has never been anything more than a jaded, broken man trying not to lose himself in his darker urges, but sometimes, the need to do something reckless proves too strong. ONE NIGHT WAS ALL SHE NEEDED ..Categorized as:
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The Chameleon by Amelia Shea
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo hundred fifty dollars. It’s exactly what Camille Gwin was worth twelve years ago when she was traded to the leader of the Underground to pay off a debt. Barely an adult, she was initiated into the harsh reality of a new world. The Underground. Camille knows how it works. Play the game or get played. Her rise in the Underground came at a cost... -
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Cash by Ruby Vincent
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThey ripped me from my safe, perfect world and bound me in chains.Now it's Cash's turn. The cold, hard, analytical leader has a problem he needs me to solve, and he's not asking.I'm driven deep into the world of cons and corruption. I can't tell if anything around me is real. Least of all the smiling, pleasant people.Someone is playing us for a fool, and it might be me... -
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The End: A Reverse Harem Bully Romance by Ruby Vincent
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt doesn’t feel like the end.It feels like all of my problems are just beginning.There’s more happening in my town of Raven River than I knew.More lies. More secrets. More pain.Enemies seen and unseen are circling and not even my guardian angels can protect me.There’s a war coming and I’ll fight because this time my Angels…My Horsemen…My loves……are the ones who need saving...Categorized as:
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![Wicked Empire by Tracy Lorraine]()
Wicked Empire by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsUSA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you the next installment of her new dark mafia, high school bully romance series.She didn’t want to believe me.She wanted to believe the threat wasn’t really there.But as the sirens ring out in the distance and she stares down into my eyes, she can no longer deny what’s right in front of her... -
![Rush: An Irish Mafia Romance by Penelope Black]()
Rush: An Irish Mafia Romance by Penelope Black
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI wake up with a gasp, surrounded by smoke and flames.Twelve hours earlier, my cousins cut their European vacation short and came home to spend my birthday with me. They promised me a day to remember.No one could have predicted how true that promise would turn out to be.When the clock strikes eleven-eleven on June sixth, I make a wish. But fate has other plans, and she deals me an unexpected hand... -
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Two Tricks by Elizabeth Knight
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsListen up, and listen good— I’ll only say this shit once!Two Tricks does not work with MC gangs, and that’s final. Period. The end.No. No, you don’t get to ask why. Tricks runs the West Coast smuggling ring, so if you want anything to come and go, you play by the rules. You don’t like it? Well, then you’re gonna get a visit from me...Categorized as:
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Mayhem At Prescott High by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThere’s one girl you don’t mess with at Prescott High, not unless you want them to come for you.Those dirty, rotten Havoc Boys might be a gang to everyone else, but they’re family to me.My f*ckbuddy. My first love. My husband. My challenger. My confidante.There’s trouble brewing in the halls of our high school, and it’s spilling into the streets... -
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Velvet Devil by Nicole Fox
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIt's the first look on my wedding day.I turn... but my husband isn't there.Instead, I see the stranger who ruined my life.Here's the story:Six years ago, I was on the worst first date in history.A blind date with some jerk who wouldn't take no for an answer.The handsome stranger swooped in.Saved me.And sat down to finish the date.I thought it was crazy.But we had insane chemistry... -
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Arm Candy Warrior by E.M. Moore
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI don’t belong in the Heights.Truth be told, no one does. It’s dirty, grimy. Riddled with crime, the destitute, and the desperate. Where the family unit doesn’t always mean a mom, a dad, and two-point-five kids. It’s whoever gives you the time of day.That’s how the Heights Crew came about. The only relationship that counts in the Heights is if you’re a part of the Crew... -
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![Natural Born Killers by Lucy Smoke]()
Natural Born Killers by Lucy Smoke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRule No. 3: Never let anyone think they can hurt you and get away with it.I thought I’d seen and felt the worst of it, but there’s nothing worse than betrayal.Corina knows who’s behind what happened to me and she may think hiding will keep her safe, but after everything that’s happened, nothing can keep her safe from me and the Sick Boys... -
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Brutal Lies by R.A. Smyth
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis was not part of my plan.Enrolling at Pacific Prep was supposed to gain me freedom and a feeling of control over my life. Buried truths are being revealed, and my goals are becoming less clear by the day.My entire life, I’ve wanted a family; wanted to know if I had one out there. I’ve craved answers and now that I’m getting them, I don’t know if I’m ready.I have a brother, a family... -
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Reckless Dynasty by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy life has been full of half-truths tangled in lies—I’d been to hell and back more times than I could count. But nothing could have prepared me for the fear in her voice, and then the sight of that building going up in flames. After the way I treated her, the way I hurt her, I’d earned that pain back tenfold. I deserved to lose the only bit of light in my dark, twisted life... -
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White Rabbit: The Rise by London Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs an investigative journalist, Karina Ashworth’s job involves delving into New York’s black market of criminals and mischief where sin is almost too tempting to ignore. When she crosses paths with a man whose smile is a little too cunning—and his power a little too vast—she learns very quickly that dancing with the devil is far more enjoyable than she had ever imagined...Categorized as:
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Bloody Vows by Lisa Renee Jones
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFBI agent Lilah Love leads a complicated life. She's engaged to Kane Mendez, a man most call dangerous, but hey birds of a feather, do flock together. She's dangerous, too, and in ways only Kane understands. As for their happily ever after, well that might have to wait...Categorized as:
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Storm the Gates by Elizabeth Dear
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn Saint Gabriel City, there are the Four Families, and there are those who are owned by them.The Spencers, the Hargraves, the Ferreros, and the Knights rule the City together with their exorbitant wealth and iron fists that no one dare challenge...Categorized as:
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